The role of military chaplains has changed over the past decade as Western militaries have deployed to highly religious environments such as East Africa, Afghanistan, and Iraq. By looking at the rapidly changing role of the military chaplain, this volume raises issues critical to U.S. foreign and national security policy and diplomacy.

Foreword, Major General Douglas Carver (ret.), former U.S. Army Chief of Chaplains Chapter 1: Introduction: The Modern Military Chaplaincy in the Era of Intervention and Terrorism, Eric Patterson Chapter 2: Yesterday and Today: Understanding the Role and Influence of the U.S. Military Chaplaincy, Pauletta Otis Chapter 3: Chaplains Advising Warfighters on Culture and Religion, Dayne Nix Chapter 4: Beginnings: The Army Chaplaincy Responds to the War on Terrorism, Eric Keller Chapter 5: The Iraq Inter-Religious Congress and the Baghdad Accords, Micheal Hoyt Chapter 6: Building National Capacity: Training Afghan Chaplains, Steven Moore Chapter 7: Religious Advisement and Religious Leader Engagement in the Horn of Africa, Jon Cutler Chapter 8: Advising Generals at the CENTCOM Center of Excellence, David West Chapter 9: Spiritual Resiliency: Findings from the U.S. Army "Health of the Force" Surveys (2008-present), Eric Wester Chapter 10: Spiritual and Professional Formation Under Stress: A Survey of Military Chaplains, Gary Roberts and L. Diane Hess-Hernandez Chapter 11: Chaplains, Religion, and the Study of International Relations, Jason Klocek and Ronald Hassner